SUV Driver Charged After Upper East Side Scooter Rider Dies
Police charged SUV driver Shraga Orgad with driving without a license after a scooter rider died in a late-night East 79th Street and Second Avenue crash that the city recorded as one motorist killed and one injured.
What We Know
City crash data placed a southbound moped rider and an eastbound SUV driver at East 79th Street and Second Avenue at 11:53 p.m. on July 14, 2024. The record lists traffic-control disregarded for the moped rider and says one motorist was killed and one was injured. amNY, citing police, reported that a gas-powered scooter rider was ejected and hit a light pole, was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center, and died. The article identified the Volvo driver as Shraga Orgad, 26, of Brooklyn, and said police arrested him on a charge of driving without a license. The sources disagree on the rider's age: the official record lists 124, while amNY reported he was 19.
Late-night collision at Second Avenue
The city record says the crash happened at 11:53 p.m. on July 14, 2024, at East 79th Street and Second Avenue. It lists a southbound moped rider and an eastbound SUV driver, both going straight before the collision.
amNY reported, citing police, that the rider was on a gas-powered scooter and was ejected into a light pole. EMS took him to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he died.
A fatal crash on a high-injury Manhattan corridor
The crash happened at East 79th Street and Second Avenue on the Upper East Side.
CrashCountNYC location data for Second Avenue in Manhattan shows 3,205 crashes, 1,880 injuries, 131 serious injuries and 12 deaths since 2022.
The rider's age is disputed in the records
The city record describes the person who died as a male moped driver. amNY reported that he had not yet been publicly identified and was 19.
The official record lists the rider's age as 124, creating a conflict with the press account.
City data and police reports identify the drivers' movements
The city record lists a 2024 Taizhou Qianxin moped traveling south and a 2023 Volvo SUV traveling east, each with one occupant.
The record lists both drivers as unlicensed. amNY reported that police identified the Volvo driver as Shraga Orgad, 26, of Brooklyn, treated him for minor injuries, and later arrested him on a charge of driving without a license.
Traffic-control disregard is listed in the city record
The city record lists traffic-control disregarded as the contributing factor and places that factor with the moped rider. The article did not report additional charges related to the crash sequence.
Police made an arrest after the fatal crash
amNY reported that police arrested Shraga Orgad after the crash and charged him with driving without a license. The article said Orgad was treated for minor injuries.